Jessamine County

R.J. Corman funeral is Monday

R.J. Corman Railraod Group founder and owner Rick Corman greeted the over 1000 applicants who showed up in Lexington, Ky. on Saturday, Mar. 6, 2010 for a job fair to fill 100 railroad positions. The jobs will be created as part of a $17.5 million federal grant awarded last month to R.J. Corman Railroad Group. Workers will make improvements to short line railroads that the Nicholasville-based company owns in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia.
R.J. Corman Railraod Group founder and owner Rick Corman greeted the over 1000 applicants who showed up in Lexington, Ky. on Saturday, Mar. 6, 2010 for a job fair to fill 100 railroad positions. The jobs will be created as part of a $17.5 million federal grant awarded last month to R.J. Corman Railroad Group. Workers will make improvements to short line railroads that the Nicholasville-based company owns in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia. Herald-Leader file photo

Nicholasville: Funeral services for R.J. “Rick” Corman, the Jessamine County entrepreneur who ran a multi-million dollar railroad and construction company, will take place at 4 p.m., Monday in Hangar 1 on the property of R.J. Corman Railroad Group, 101 R.J. Corman Drive. Corman died Friday at his home. He was diagnosed in 2001 with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer that attacks the plasma cells in bone marrow and destroys bones. He was 58. Hager & Cundiff Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

This story was originally published August 26, 2013 at 6:57 AM with the headline "R.J. Corman funeral is Monday."

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